Re: pkg/24575: audio/xmms configure is not compatible with pkgsrc

["Johnny C. Lam" <jlam%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/24575; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Johnny C. Lam" <jlam%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: dotz%irc.pl@localhost
Cc: pkgsrc-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/24575: audio/xmms configure is not compatible with pkgsrc
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 05:51:39 +0000

 On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 02:06:49PM +0000, dotz%irc.pl@localhost wrote:
 > audio/xmms won't build on Slackware 9.1.
 > 
 > "native" slackware gtk is installed in /usr/ prefix.
 > 
 > configure will take gtk-config from /usr/bin/, even if I set
 > PREFER_PKGSRC in /etc/mk.conf
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > Obvious.
 > >Fix:
 > Adding --with-gtk-exec-prefix=${PREFIX}/bin/ to Makefile.common doesn't 
 > help much. Propably my fault. Dunno.
 > 
 > I have removed "native" gtk and compiled pkgsrc one, worked.
 > 
 > I have no idea if this is the right fix, propably this switch should
 > be always included by gtk+/bl3, propably for some packages it will
 > be named different... This whole "configure" idea seems so broken :/
 > 
 > Propably gtk/bl3 could be re-worked in such manner so it could use 
 > "native" gtk, but as linux systems are way beyond being "standarized",
 > this could really be more trouble, than help to pkgsrc/Linux users
 
 I think the packages that supply a *-config script/binary file should
 be taught to symlink that file into ${BUILDLINK_DIR}/bin in their
 buildlink3.mk files.  That will probably solve these types of problems
 since ${BUILDLINK_DIR}/bin is prepended to the PATH as part of the
 configure and build phases.
 
        Cheers,
 
        -- Johnny Lam <jlam%NetBSD.org@localhost>